China and India must be partners, not the opponents say the Foreign Minister

On Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that India and China should look at each other as “partners” instead of “opponents or threats.”

Yi met with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar – only the second meeting of this between the two sides since 2020 – Matthew Mint clashes In Wadi Jalwan in Ladakh, a border area in the disputed Himalayas led to a complete collapse of relations between countries.

Before a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Yi said that the relations are now in a “positive direction” towards cooperation, before a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Jaishhankar said that India and China seek to “move forward from a difficult period in our relations.”

The counterparts held discussions on a set of bilateral issues from trade to Hajj and the participation of river data.

Yi also met the National Security Adviser to India Agit Duval on Tuesday for the ongoing negotiations on resolving the border conflict between the two countries.

“We are pleased to share this stability, which has now been restored on the border,” Yi said during a meeting at the delegation level with Doveal.

He said, “The setbacks that we faced in the past few years were not in our interest,” he said.

Yi’s visit is seen as the latest sign of the melting of neighbors between nuclear armed neighbors.

India and China agreed on the patrol arrangements To cancel tensions Along the disputed Himalayas borders in October last year.

Since then, the two sides have taken a set of steps to normalize relations, including China that allow Indian pilgrims to visit the main places in the independent Tibet region this year. India has also restarted visa services for Chinese tourists and agreed to resume talks to open border trade through specific passes.

There are also reports that direct flights between the two countries will resume this year.

Yi meetings are expected to set the basis for Moody’s first visit to China within seven years of this month, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Sco), a regional security bloc.

Reports indicate that Moody may have bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but none of the parties confirmed this.

The rapprochement between countries comes in the background of the deteriorating bilateral relationship in India with the United States.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump imposed An additional 25 % penalty kick On Indian imports to buy oil and weapons from Russia, and connect the total definitions to 50 % – the highest level in Asia.

On Monday, White House Trade Adviser Peter Navaro wrote an opinion article on the financial Times in which he accused India of “comfort for Russia and China”.

Navarro wrote: “India is working as a global director of Russian oil, and the banned crude turns into high -value exports while giving Moscow the dollars it needs,” Navarro wrote.

“If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner for the United States, it must start behaving like one,” he said.

In his remarks after his meeting with Yi on Monday, Jaishhankar said that the talks would include global developments.

“We are looking for a just, balanced, balanced and multiple global system, including multiple -poles Asia,” said Jayishkar.

He added: “The multiplicity of reformist parties is also an appeal today. In the current environment, it is clear that there is inevitable to maintain stability and strengthen it in the global economy as well.”

Follow BBC News India Instagramand YouTubeand x and Facebook